U.S. subpoenas state agency

April 02, 2003

ILLINOIS — Federal prosecutors in the Operation Safe Road investigation have subpoenaed a state agency where former Gov. George Ryan's son-in-law is a director and the agency has promised not to destroy any records, a spokesman said Tuesday.

The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, which oversees a wide range of professions such as doctors and security guards, received the subpoena in the probe of the secretary of state's office in January, said Tony Sanders, a spokesman for the agency.

Ryan's son-in-law, John Coghlan, is the director of statewide enforcement. Ryan's daughter, Nancy, also worked at the agency, but has been on an unpaid leave since 1999, Sanders said.